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  TEAL. 
  31 
  

  

  a 
  few 
  times 
  to 
  the 
  west 
  coast 
  of 
  Greenland, 
  from 
  Nanortalik 
  to 
  Disco 
  

   Bay, 
  and 
  was 
  once 
  taken 
  in 
  May 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  coast 
  at 
  Nanusek. 
  The 
  

   species 
  is 
  accidental 
  in 
  Great 
  Britain, 
  the 
  Bermudas, 
  and 
  Hawaii. 
  

  

  Winter 
  range. 
  — 
  South 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  it 
  is 
  common 
  in 
  Mexico, 
  

   at 
  least 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  Jalapa, 
  the 
  City 
  of 
  Mexico, 
  Michoacan, 
  and 
  Jalisco; 
  

   common 
  also 
  in 
  the 
  Bahamas, 
  and 
  rare 
  in 
  Cuba, 
  Jamaica, 
  and 
  Hon- 
  

   duras. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  recorded 
  on 
  the 
  islands 
  of 
  Carriacou, 
  Grenada, 
  and 
  

   Tobago, 
  of 
  the 
  Lesser 
  Antilles. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  abundant 
  ducks 
  throughout 
  the 
  southwestern 
  

   United 
  States 
  during 
  winter. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  hardy 
  duck, 
  and 
  in 
  general 
  

   remains 
  as 
  far 
  north 
  as 
  it 
  can 
  find 
  open 
  fresh 
  water. 
  Thus 
  it 
  winters 
  

   in 
  western 
  Montana 
  (Great 
  Falls), 
  central 
  Utah, 
  southern 
  Nebraska, 
  

   southern 
  Iowa, 
  central 
  Illinois, 
  central 
  Indiana 
  (rarely 
  Lake 
  Michigan), 
  

   western 
  New 
  York, 
  and 
  Rhode 
  Island. 
  It 
  is 
  accidental 
  in 
  Massachu- 
  

   setts 
  in 
  winter, 
  and 
  one 
  was 
  found 
  at 
  Halifax, 
  Nova 
  Scotia, 
  January 
  

   14, 
  1890. 
  The 
  principal 
  winter 
  home 
  in 
  the 
  Mississippi 
  Valley 
  lies 
  

   south 
  of 
  37° 
  latitude. 
  

  

  Spring 
  'migration. 
  — 
  The 
  green- 
  winged 
  teal 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  early 
  mi- 
  

   grating 
  4 
  river 
  ducks,' 
  but 
  not 
  quite 
  so 
  early, 
  by 
  about 
  five 
  days, 
  as 
  

   the 
  mallard. 
  Along 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  slope 
  it 
  passes 
  north 
  of 
  its 
  winter 
  

   home 
  in 
  early 
  March, 
  and 
  the 
  average 
  date 
  of 
  its 
  arrival 
  in 
  southern 
  

   Pennsylvania 
  is 
  March 
  16; 
  southern 
  Connecticut, 
  April 
  6; 
  Montreal, 
  

   Canada, 
  April 
  27, 
  Prince 
  Edward 
  Island, 
  April 
  26. 
  

  

  The 
  average 
  date 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  arrivals 
  in 
  central 
  Missouri 
  is 
  February 
  

   26; 
  central 
  Illinois, 
  March 
  7; 
  English 
  Lake, 
  Ind., 
  March 
  15; 
  Keokuk, 
  

   Iowa 
  (average 
  for 
  twelve 
  years), 
  March 
  3; 
  central 
  Iowa 
  (fourteen 
  

   } 
  7 
  ears), 
  March 
  11; 
  Heron 
  Lake, 
  Minn, 
  (six 
  years), 
  March 
  24 
  (earliest 
  

   March 
  6, 
  1887). 
  In 
  its 
  migration 
  along 
  the 
  eastern 
  border 
  of 
  the 
  

   Plains 
  the 
  green-winged 
  teal 
  is 
  noted 
  at 
  Onaga, 
  Kans., 
  March 
  8; 
  north- 
  

   ern 
  Nebraska, 
  March 
  12; 
  central 
  South 
  Dakota, 
  March 
  20; 
  northern 
  

   North 
  Dakota, 
  April 
  6; 
  Aweme, 
  Manitoba, 
  April 
  16, 
  and 
  southern 
  

   Saskatchewan, 
  April 
  19. 
  These 
  dates 
  indicate 
  the 
  rather 
  slow 
  rate 
  of 
  

   only 
  18 
  miles 
  a 
  day. 
  The 
  average 
  of 
  five 
  years' 
  records 
  of 
  arrival 
  at 
  

   Terry, 
  Mont., 
  is 
  March 
  23, 
  a 
  date 
  about 
  ten 
  days 
  earlier 
  than 
  that 
  

   at 
  which 
  the 
  species 
  appears 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  latitude 
  in 
  Minnesota. 
  Its 
  

   winter 
  home 
  on 
  the 
  Pacific 
  coast 
  extends 
  1,500 
  miles 
  farther 
  north 
  

   than 
  on 
  the 
  Atlantic, 
  and 
  hence 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  surprising 
  that 
  the 
  bird 
  has 
  

   been 
  seen 
  on 
  the 
  middle 
  Yukon 
  by 
  May 
  3 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  

   Yukon 
  by 
  May 
  10. 
  

  

  South 
  of 
  the 
  breeding 
  range 
  the 
  last 
  green-winged 
  teal 
  was 
  seen 
  at 
  

   Raleigh, 
  N. 
  C, 
  April 
  13, 
  1900; 
  Hester, 
  La., 
  April 
  6, 
  1902; 
  northern 
  

   Texas, 
  April 
  16, 
  1886. 
  The 
  average 
  date 
  of 
  disappearance 
  for 
  eight 
  

   years 
  at 
  Keokuk, 
  Iowa, 
  is 
  April 
  7, 
  latest, 
  April 
  30, 
  1892. 
  

  

  Eggs 
  were 
  taken 
  at 
  Nulato, 
  Alaska, 
  latitude 
  65°, 
  May 
  20, 
  and 
  no 
  

   earlier 
  date 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  recorded 
  for 
  the 
  regions 
  to 
  the 
  south. 
  Eggs 
  

   4510— 
  No, 
  26—06—3 
  

  

  